Key Cite and Shepards

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Key Cite and Shepards
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Citators

• What
• Lists every case that has ever cited your case
• Why
• Research evaluation of the law
• Is the case still good?
• Has your case been overruled or criticized?

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In addition to listing the citing cases, citators
also may . . .

• Indicate what part of the citing case was
  discussed
• Indicate how the case was treated by the later
  court
• Indicate how much the cited cased was discussed
• Allow you determine the weight of your case and
  weight of the cases that it relied upon.

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Westlaws version Keycite
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About Keycite
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What the West Symbols Mean
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What the West Symbols Mean
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History of the Case
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Use KeyCite Limits to get what you really want
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Check the Table of Authorities
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Key Cite Alert monitor your citations
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Shepards Print and on LexisNexis

• Covers
• State and federal case law, statutes and
  constitutional provisions
• Regulations (CFR)
• Court Rules
• Law Reviews and Annotations
• Individual US patents

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To shepardize use the Shepards tab. Or, if you
are within the case, click on either the symbol
next to the case or the hyperlinked Shepardize
text.
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LexisNexis Treatment of Prior History
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Restrict or customize your search
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• Notice how you may restrict your search by
  treatment, certain terms, jurisdiction, by
  headnotes, by document type, and by date.

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Monitor your case through Shepards Alert
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selected text links.